Inkstand



(No Model.)

S. L. TRUGDON.

INKSTAND. No. 430,711. Patented June 24, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL LEONARD TROGDON, OF GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

INKSTAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,711, dated June 24, 1890. Application filed November 5, 1889. Serial No. 329,299 (No model.) 7

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. TROGDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greensborough,in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to inkstands.

The object of my invention is to construct a new and improved counterbalanced movable pen-rack and cover; and to this end the nature of my invention consists of constructions and combinations, all as will be hereinafter described in the specification and particularly pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention applied to a dual inkstand. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a bottom view, of the stand.

A is the ink-reservoir, supported by a base or stand B, of any suitable material, and provided with two standards or brackets a at, having at their base or lower ends short arms a 613, for the purpose hereinafter described.

0 is a shaft extending from one to the other of the standards a a, and journaled therein, and having forward-projecting arms 0, to which are attached covers D, an arm (Z, projecting upward, and a weight E, extending rearward.

The shaft 0, arms 0, and arm d, and weight E are all constructed in one piece.

F is the pen-rack, having two arms f f extended rearward on each side of the base or stand B, and are fulcrumed at f in the short arms a a of the standards or brackets a a. The arm f is of greater length than the arm f and extends rearward beyond the rear of the base or stand 13, and is pivoted to the lower end of a short lever e, which in turn is pivoted at its upper end to the arm d on the shaft 0.

From the above it will be seen that on raising the pen off the rack F the cover D will at once be lifted off the mouth of the ink-reservoirs, so as to admit of the pen being introduced therein; also, thatafter writing, the pen being placed on the rack, the weight of the pen Will cause the covers to close down upon the mouth of the ink-reservoirs and remain in such position until the pen is removed.

In one side of the base or stand Bis secured a pen-drawer b, which works upon a pivotb and it is cut away at b, so that the pens can readily be removed. On one of its ends is a projection or thumb-piece 5 by which the drawer is opened, and on its other end is a projection 5 which abuts against a projection or stop 17 on the under side or bottom of the base B, to prevent the drawer from being opened too far. This stop 19 also serves to close the aperture b when the drawer is closed and prevent the pens from falling out.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In an inkstand,-the combination of the inkreservoir A, base or stand B, having a pen drawer I) in its side, and brackets a a, having short arms a a a shaft C, journaled in said brackets and having arms 0, to which are attached covers D, arm d, and weight E, formed integral therewith, and a pen-rack F, having its arms f f fulcrumed in thearms a a of the brackets to a, and the arm f extended beyond the rear of the stand .and connected with the lever e, pivoted to arm (I, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL LEONARD T oeDoN.

Witnesses:

W. J. RICHARDSON, I. M. WINSTEAD. 

